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Ohio Cracker Confesses to Attacks For Hire

Posted by Zonk on from the black-hats-for-cash dept.

Ritalin16 writes "An Ohio computer hacker recently pled guilty to carrying out crippling denial-of-service attacks on a shady internet hosting company's competitors. From the article: 'In a deal with prosecutors, Richard "Krashed" Roby, 20, pleaded guilty in federal court in Toledo last month to intentionally damaging a protected computer, after launching a 2003 attack on an online satellite TV retailer that caused at least $120,000 in losses.'" Another article indicating an openness on the international stage to cracking for cash.

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  1. Who you callin' a cracker? by moofdaddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ohio Cracker Confesses to Attacks For Hire

    Man, why do we have to bring race into this?

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  2. Re:If you think this is corrupt for satellite peop by magarity · · Score: 4, Funny

    pretend to know what they're doing so that they don't get taken advantage of. Come to think of it, this also happens at places like Best Buy when it comes to computers.
     
    Funny, I always get the impression the BB sales staff is pretending they know what they are doing so that I won't take advantage of them.

  3. Re:I Must Point Out... by m50d · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, but you can buy them wholesale if you know the right people.

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  4. Re:That was obvious wasn't it? by Spaceman+Spiff+II · · Score: 3, Funny

    I mean, if someone's name is 'Krashed', surely he's some sort of criminal... That... or he uses KDE.

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  5. Taking Offense . . . by Dausha · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Ohio Cracker Confesses . . . "

    I can't believe nobody else has taken offense to this. "Cracker" is a highly-charged derogatory term. The politically correct term is "Saltine-American."

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  6. Re:That was obvious wasn't it? by chub_mackerel · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, no. Then he'd be a Kriminal.